Places catboom Wants to Go

DIY collection of eclectic holdings.

An emerald-green grotto just a short trip from Austin.

Once the product of an inexplicable gold strike, this ghost town is now home to one man and his love of classic machines.

The final remnant of the Arkansas zinc industry is this historically protected ghost town.

The ghostly remains of what was once the world's richest copper mine.

Divinely-inspired village houses 6,000 dolls, plus strange and lovely outsider art.

Seattle's own bad art museum located inside Cafe Racer.

The Ozarks' strangest dwelling.

A peaceful place in the woods where everything is a work in progress.

One man has carved a number of natural New Mexico caves into psychedelic sandstone temples.

A private collection of massive steel monsters guarding a Texas pipe works.

An unreal vintage shop that wears its dadaist influence on its zombie fish.

A folk art mecca famous among outsider art fans.

One man's love of sea life and art has turned his home into a temple of outsider island art.

A master plumber has turned his love of art and toilets into a folk museum that's not taking the piss.

A former electrical substation is now home to an eccentric junk art masterpiece.

A four-hour holy-rolling, Hallelujah-shouting, Southern gospel service, rendered as a country market where "All Is Welcome, Jews, and Gentiles."

A park full of outsider art, created by college students studying outsider art.

Hidden in the hills of Hollywood, this secluded Oz-themed garden is dotted with dozens of thrones.

The pieces in this sculpture garden are made from demolished buildings that were once landmarks of Motor City.

A wealth of local folk art, antiques, and curios, without ever leaving your car.

A mythical chimera first sculpted in 1936 as a mix of the main animals of Texas livestock.

Former 1954 Del Mar Train Station now serves signature cocktails and delightful culinary treats, and still operates as a Metro stop.

"Looks so real, it's scary!"